Hudson County’s annual LGBTQ pride festivities may not have started up yet, but locals can head to nearby towns this weekend for the North Jersey Pride Festival, which started on Tuesday.

Tomorrow, runners (and spectators, too), can enjoy the the first annual North Jersey Pride Run, which kicks off at 9 a.m. from Grove Park in South Orange. The 5K will benefit the nonprofit North Jersey Pride Inc.

Not much of an athlete? You can get your feet moving in a different way for the cause at the Dance for Equality tomorrow night, also in South Orange at Club at Orange Lawn. DJ Steve Sidewalk will spin while guests enjoy fun, drinks, giveaways and, well, dancing.

There will also be a silent auction featuring pizes like Broadway house seats to shows like “Kinky Boots,” “Book of Mormon” and “After Midnight”; tickets to the last season of the David Letterman Show; spa visits; vacations; and more. All proceeds go to festival week production expenses or to NJ-based LGBTQ youth organizations.

The week culiminates with the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday in Maplewood.

Over 4,000 are expected to gather in the Memorial Park Amphitheater at 123 Dunnell Road, Maplewood, between 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. for the festivities which includes a wide variety of gourmet food from local eateries and other street eats, kids activities and a full entertainment lineup.

Performing acts include Antigone Rising, alt-country-all-female-boot-stompin’-rockers from New York City; Maplewood native and “The X Factor” season two contestant Bea Miller; “The Voice” contestant De’Borah Garner; The Kinsey Sicks; the Lavender Light Gospel Choir; the Paper Mill Show Choir; The Greys; Maplewood-based band Mood Ring; and the Front and Center for Performing Arts based in Springfield. Scott Nevins will emcee.

Earlier this week, North Jersey Pride also held events to address issues transsexuals often face as well as bullying and other kids’ issues. They also screened “Concussion,” a movie which was filmed in Montclair and premiered at Sundance. For more information, visit NorthJerseyPride.org.

For local pride information and LGBTQ resources, visit the Hudson Pride Connections Center’s website at HudsonPride.org. Their pride celebration is slated for Aug. 2 in Jersey City.